Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-17
GENERAL Markets.
Produce and Provisions.


ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 16-Flour quiet and
dull, but steady and unchanged. Wheat was
lower except old crop options which were we'll
sustained all through the session, having few
sellers and steady demands; good rains and
improved crop prospects in some sections of
the winter wheat belt, and q decline in other
markets caused free re selling of new crop
months, and they weakened OFF 55G &C, after
wards recovering very little, and closing easy !;
No. , red, cash S0i4C; May Sa5s 6Spzs, closing at
sos GS02tC bid; June S02NdSlc, closing at sic;
July 794G792sC, closing - at 795sG79ac;
August 79slGSO1Sc, closing at 793lG79zsc. Com
weak early and May sold sc lower but
hecame frmer under better demand and re-
covered in price, July selling &c ABOVE yester-
day; cash 35c; May 35G3515c, closing at 35 &c;
July 375sC. Oats irregular; cash 2Sc; June of
fered at 29c; July 269c bid Rye quiet at SOC
Bar,e no sales ADD no demand. Hay ste .dy;
prairie ranges St 5GGlO So timothy IS qua 10 %.
Provisions very quiet and little done. PORK
Job lots new mess SIS 90; old mess, Sl5 90.
Lard quiet and fairly held at 81 10. Dry salt
l214; short ribs, SIS %; short clear, S. 50 Ba
cOn-Shoulders, S6371 = at 80; long clear. S. 10 {;
short ribs, S. SOFAS So; short clear, So COd9 TO-.
Hams, Sll l04u 40.
CHICAGO Ill April lf -Traders in wheat
were in a very uncertain frame of mind again
to day, fears of a corner in May wheat causing
that option to advance to sc yesterday, but It
closed last night at SjlIc. This morning the
market opened at S5lic, but q rUmOr was start
ed thatthe "bull' clique was unloading, and q
quite sharp decline to SIC followed, with many
u lIlC tdllSIS W 10 ldu UOuSuI yesterday III OA
peCtatiOn that great advance in prices had
commenced, throwing their holdings over
board There were no outward evidences that
the Clique was selling any great quantities of
wheat, and the price reacted to $40 ash &C.,
which was the closing figure for the day. y
number of shorts were covered during the de-
cline. The feeling continues to be one OF great
uncertainty as TO the prospects or squeeze.
Several large operators made themselves prom
inent on the floor of '"Change" to-day, of
fering to WAGER large Gums of money that no
hn OFT tod IN Nov y4-bp
Many conservative dealers, however, were In
clined to keep out of the market. Clearing5
from the seabOard are light anG receipts at pri-
mary points continue to be smaller. Corn ruled
very quiet and closed q shade lower. Receipts
continue to be very light. Mess pork un
changed. Lard easier under good offerings and
ribs declined l50Tlc, rallied slightly
and closed at middle figures. Lead
ing futures closed as follows;
Wheat No, , April SIC; May S41sGS4slc; June
May 39]sc; June 4Oi4 G4O1sc; July A$0l1I
Mess pOrS-Apri $40 80; May and June $50 10.
lard-April 81 80; May 81 30; June 81 As; July
IS 80; May S. 25; June S. 371l; July S. 40.
Cash quOtatiOns-FlOur steady and unchanged.
No. spring wheat SIC; No. red SIC Corn
32& Snort ribs sides, loose, s. 20. Dry
sailed shoulders, boxed, $6 1906 %. Short
clear sides, boxed, SIS 6006 IS.
Nav YORK, April l6-FlOur-S eady but less
moderately active; in good demand for export
options opened a trile better. subsequently
weakened and declined &93sc, closing with a
slight recovery; speculation moderate: Spot
No. , red 92H 093c store and elevator; 81 94Sc
delivered; Aorll 92h6923lc, closing at 921zci
May 923sG92%c, closing at 925ac; June " Loo
csc, closing at 927ac; July 81 1S-16G921<e,
closed 9l75c. COrn-Spot a shade and options
80 &C lower and dull, closing steady; SPOT
No. > SOC elevator; April nominal; May 49a
41lc, closed at 1870; June @a4sz
049c, closed at 49c: July 4sH
G50c. closing at soc. Coffee - Spot fair
Rio weak; options lower and fairly active SALES
5000 bags; april $I3 80; May Sl3 9o@4 o.;
June Sl4 lO0l4 Is; July Sl4 I50l4 80; August
SI4 3O0I4 So; September Sl4 350l4 40; October
Sl44 Gl4 so; November Sl4 so; December 81 30
GI4 60; January $I4 500l4 So; February SI4650
IA 90. Sugar firm and quiet; refined quiet and
steady. MOasses quiet and steady. RiCB
steady, with moderate demand. PORK firm and
quiet. Cut meats steady and quiet. Lsrd is a
TITLE toWer ana very d aE o spot ~ &C. o.
81 %; July 81 SO.